Attachable flange for wheels.



No. 843,943. PATENTED FEB. l2, 1907 H. L. HElflLAND.

ATTAGHABLE PLANGE FOR WHEELS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 16,1906.

@XN h1 zones UNTTED STATES HARNY L. HEGLAND, OF CANTON, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHABLE FLANGE FOR WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 190'?.

Application filed March 16,1906. Serial No. 306.409.

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Be it known that I, IIARNY L. HEGLAND, a

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This invention relates to new and useful improvements in an attachablefiange for wheels of plows, &c., whereby the wheel may be guided andprevented from lateral movement when being' driven over a field.

My invention comprises, essentially, a bolt, one end of which is benthook-shaped and adapted to fit over the edge of the rim of a wheel,while its other end receives a flange, which is held against an edge ofthe rim by means of a thumb-nut.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction. andarrangement-s of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a perspective view showing the application of my device to a wheel.Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view through the rim of a wheel, showing themanner in which my device is held thereto; and Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the device removed from the rim of a wheel.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the rim of a wheel of the usual construction.

B designates a rod having a hook-shaped end O, designed to engage overone edge of the rim of a wheel, and one end of said rod has threads D,adapted to receive the winged nut E. F designates a plate or disk havinga cutting edge IfI and apertured to receive the shank portion of saidrod B.

It will be noted that the outer circumference of the rim is convexed andthe ring is ield to the marginal edge of the rim in such a manner thatwhen the weight of the apparal l l l l l i l l i l l l 1 l l the wheel,being set at an inclination when in operation, may cause the ring toyield without interference from the rim, which would be the case if theouter circumference of the rim had an angle intermediate the same andthe edge. By reason of the conveXed circumference of the rim it will benoted that the ring could yield slightly under the weight coming uponthe same without any wear upon either the ring or the rim.

lhen adjusting the device for use, the rod, which is iirst caught overthe rim in the manner shown, is in readiness to receive the plate F,which is placed over the rod and held in a clamping relation against theedge of the rim, when the thumb-nut is tightened, thus securely holdingthe disk or plate F to the rim at right angles thereto and in suoli aposition that it will cut into the ground as the wheel rotates, thusserving to prevent a lateral movement to the wheel while being drawnover the ground.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the provision ofthedevice shown a simple and eilicient device is afforded which may beattached to wheeled plows or to vehicles of other kinds, the purpose ofthe invention being to hold the wheel from lateral movement while theplows or cultivators are being drawn through the ground. Vhen the deviceis not in use, it may be easily and quickly removed from the rim of thewheel.

l/Vhat I claim is- In combination with an angled axle, a wheel mountedupon the angled end of the axle and positioned at an inclination, a rimto said wheel having its outer surface convexed and its inner surfacefiat, a ring tapering upon one face thereof, hooks engaging over oneedge of the rim and having shank portions which pass through the ring,nuts for holding said ring against one edge of the rim, a portion of theconveXed surface of the rim being adapted to bear against the face ofthe ring as the latter has a tendency to yield under the weight upon thewheel, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

HARNY L. HEGLAND.

Witnesses:

A. L. TOLLEPEN, J. O. WHITE.

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